Moderate Unemployment Area
Kent County, RI Current Unemployment - 3.6%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Kent County, RI Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2022
4.0%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.1%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
2.7%
3.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
2.5%
2.8%
3.6%
5 / 2022
2.4%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2022
2.5%
2.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
2.7%
3.0%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.6%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2021
8.0%
8.5%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.1%
7.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.6%
7.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
4.8%
5.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.6%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.9%
5.8%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.3%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.4%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.8%
4.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.7%
4.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.7%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.4%
3.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2020
3.8%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.7%
4.0%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.7%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.1%
17.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
15.8%
16.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.4%
12.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.6%
11.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
11.8%
13.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.2%
10.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.5%
6.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.9%
7.7%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.1%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2019
4.2%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
3.8%
4.3%
3.8%
3 / 2019
3.5%
3.9%
3.8%
4 / 2019
2.8%
3.2%
3.6%
5 / 2019
2.9%
3.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.0%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
3.5%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
3.4%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
2.8%
3.1%
3.5%
10 / 2019
2.7%
2.9%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.0%
3.3%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.0%
3.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2018
4.8%
5.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.6%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.0%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.5%
3.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.2%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.2%
3.6%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.7%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.7%
4.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.2%
3.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.0%
3.3%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.3%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.2%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2017
4.8%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2017
4.7%
5.1%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.2%
4.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
3.6%
4.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
3.7%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
3.7%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.2%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.2%
4.5%
4.4%
9 / 2017
3.8%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.8%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.9%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2016
5.7%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.6%
6.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.1%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.5%
5.0%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.5%
5.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
4.5%
5.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.2%
5.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.0%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.6%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.3%
4.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.0%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
3.8%
4.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2015
6.9%
7.5%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.8%
7.2%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.3%
6.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.5%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.5%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.2%
5.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.5%
6.1%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.4%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.8%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.7%
5.1%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.9%
5.3%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.6%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2014
9.3%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.9%
9.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.5%
9.0%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.5%
7.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.2%
7.7%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.8%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.1%
7.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.0%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.4%
6.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.1%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.0%
6.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.8%
6.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2013
10.0%
10.5%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.7%
10.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.4%
9.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.7%
9.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.6%
9.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.4%
8.9%
7.5%
7 / 2013
8.8%
9.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.9%
9.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.6%
8.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.5%
8.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.4%
8.8%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.3%
8.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2012
11.8%
12.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.5%
11.8%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.0%
11.4%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.1%
10.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.0%
10.3%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.7%
10.1%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.0%
10.5%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.8%
10.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.4%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.2%
9.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.1%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.9%
9.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2011
11.7%
12.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.5%
11.7%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.3%
11.5%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.4%
10.7%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.4%
10.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.2%
10.5%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.7%
11.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.7%
11.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.4%
10.6%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.5%
10.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.6%
10.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.6%
10.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2010
11.8%
12.1%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.6%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.4%
11.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.2%
11.2%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.2%
11.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.9%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.4%
11.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.2%
11.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.7%
10.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.5%
10.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.6%
10.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.5%
10.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2009
10.4%
11.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.5%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.7%
11.4%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.5%
11.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.4%
11.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.3%
10.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.8%
11.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.7%
11.2%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.3%
10.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.2%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.3%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.3%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2008
7.1%
7.2%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.0%
7.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.8%
7.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.5%
6.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.7%
7.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.8%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.7%
8.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.8%
8.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.6%
8.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.8%
8.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.2%
8.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.7%
9.2%
7.3%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2007
5.3%
5.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.2%
5.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.0%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.5%
4.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.5%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.4%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.2%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.2%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.9%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.0%
5.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.2%
5.2%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.6%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2006
5.7%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.4%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.2%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.6%
4.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.6%
4.8%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.5%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.0%
5.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.8%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.2%
4.4%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.0%
4.2%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.0%
4.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.1%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2005
5.6%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 2005
5.5%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.2%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4.5%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.5%
4.8%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.6%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.1%
5.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.0%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.4%
4.6%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.5%
4.5%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.4%
4.6%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.4%
4.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2004
5.7%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.4%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
5.5%
5.8%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.1%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
4.8%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 2004
4.8%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.2%
5.5%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.0%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.4%
4.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.3%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.3%
4.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.4%
4.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2003
5.9%
6.4%
5.8%
2 / 2003
5.8%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
5.6%
5.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
4.9%
5.2%
6.0%
5 / 2003
4.9%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
5.1%
5.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
5.2%
5.6%
6.2%
8 / 2003
5.1%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
4.5%
4.8%
6.1%
10 / 2003
4.3%
4.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
4.2%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
4.4%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2002
5.4%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.1%
5.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.0%
5.3%
5.7%
4 / 2002
4.4%
4.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
4.5%
4.7%
5.8%
6 / 2002
4.5%
4.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.0%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
4.9%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
4.3%
4.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
4.3%
4.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
4.3%
4.6%
5.9%
12 / 2002
4.4%
4.8%
6.0%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2001
4.9%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.6%
4.9%
4.2%
3 / 2001
4.4%
4.9%
4.3%
4 / 2001
3.8%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
3.9%
4.3%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.0%
4.5%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.5%
5.0%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.4%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
3.9%
4.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
3.9%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
3.9%
4.3%
5.5%
12 / 2001
3.9%
4.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2000
4.8%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2000
4.5%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.1%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.3%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.6%
3.9%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.6%
4.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.2%
4.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.2%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.7%
3.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.5%
3.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.5%
3.6%
3.9%
12 / 2000
3.4%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1999
5.0%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
4.6%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.2%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
3.5%
3.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
3.5%
3.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
3.6%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
4.3%
4.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
4.3%
4.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
3.7%
3.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
3.6%
3.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.4%
3.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.3%
3.6%
4.0%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1998
5.7%
6.1%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.2%
5.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.9%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.4%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
4.2%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.2%
4.4%
4.5%
7 / 1998
4.6%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
4.4%
4.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
3.8%
4.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
3.7%
4.0%
4.5%
11 / 1998
3.7%
3.8%
4.4%
12 / 1998
3.6%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1997
6.3%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
5.9%
6.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.5%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.7%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.8%
4.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.9%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.2%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.3%
5.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.9%
4.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.5%
4.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.4%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.3%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1996
6.7%
7.1%
5.6%
2 / 1996
6.5%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
6.1%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.1%
5.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.0%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
5.1%
5.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
5.4%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.4%
5.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.0%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
11 / 1996
4.9%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.7%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1995
7.7%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.5%
7.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.1%
7.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
6.6%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.3%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
6.4%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.4%
6.4%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.0%
6.1%
5.7%
9 / 1995
5.7%
5.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
5.6%
5.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.3%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.2%
5.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1994
8.3%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
8.0%
8.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.1%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.1%
6.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
6.8%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.6%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
6.6%
6.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.5%
6.6%
6.0%
9 / 1994
6.3%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.2%
6.2%
5.8%
11 / 1994
5.8%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.7%
5.9%
5.5%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1993
9.2%
9.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.6%
9.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.4%
8.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
7.5%
7.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
7.1%
7.5%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.2%
7.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
7.1%
7.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.1%
7.3%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.0%
7.2%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.0%
7.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.8%
7.0%
6.6%
12 / 1993
6.3%
6.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1992
9.9%
10.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
9.5%
10.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.5%
9.8%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.7%
8.9%
7.4%
5 / 1992
8.6%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
8.8%
8.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.1%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
8.9%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.6%
8.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.3%
8.3%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.3%
8.0%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.8%
7.9%
7.4%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1991
8.4%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.0%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.1%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.3%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.2%
8.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.2%
8.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.5%
8.4%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.5%
8.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.5%
8.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.3%
8.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.3%
8.3%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.6%
8.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Kent County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1990
5.8%
6.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
5.9%
6.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
4.9%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
5.5%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.5%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.5%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
6.0%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.1%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.0%
6.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.2%
6.7%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.5%
6.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.4%
7.0%
6.3%